Affiliation:
1. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Engesserstraße 15 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
Abstract
AbstractWe report the isolation and characterization of an unknown reaction product from the reaction of AlBr3 with three equivalents of t‐BuLi. The polymeric and solvent‐free lithium alanate {Li[t‐Bu2AlH2]}n was characterized by X‐ray structure analysis, NMR and IR spectroscopy. The title compound was found to be a suitable starting material for the synthesis of [t‐Bu2AlH]3 by reacting it with readily available [t‐Bu2AlBr]2.